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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Crayon Pop scores 1st win, viral music video blocked

K-pop group Crayon Pop scored their first TV music chart award for
their viral song "Bar Bar Bar."

The group performed the song on KBS "Music Bank" on Aug.
30. Crayon Pop and EXO were the nominees for the top spot but in the end,
Crayon Pop won with 5,770 points against the boy band's 5,677.

Crayon Pop (Photo: www.crayonpop.com)

The award is memorable as this is Crayon Pop's first ever music
chart award since debuting in June last year.

Crayon Pop's popularity is mainly because of the music video for
"Bar Bar Bar," which features the "Straight Five Engine
Dance" where the girls jump up and down to simulate car engine cylinders.

In the music video, the members are wearing colorful outfits and
helmets that are similar to the costumes of the main characters in the TV
series "Power Rangers."

However, the "Bar Bar Bar" music video has been blocked
on YouTube by Crayon Pop's own labels.

This morning, the music video is no longer accessible on the girl
group's official YouTube channel due to copyright claims by Sony Music
Entertainment and CJ E&M Music, which are Crayon Pop's labels.

"This video contains content from SME and CJ E&M Music.
It is not available in your country," according to the notice that
replaced the music video.

The music video, uploaded in June, had accumulated 3.8 million
videos before it was blocked.

K-pop entertainment site Allkpop reported that the music video has
been blocked in the US, Spain and the Philippines.

And it is apparent that the music video has been totally blocked.

Fans on the site also commented that the music video has been
blocked in Vietnam, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Portugal and other
countries.

CJ E&M Music is Crayon Pop's label in South Korea. Earlier
this month, Sony Music Entertainment signed up Crayon Pop to its label under an
album licensing and partnership contract with Chrome Entertainment, the girl
group's agency.

The "Bar Bar Bar" music video can be viewed on CJ
E&M Music's official YouTube channel.

Sony Music Entertainment and CJ E&M Music have yet to issue
any statement regarding the reason why they blocked the music video on Crayon
Pop's official YouTube channel.